Log book alteration after the fact.

Attributes
ACN	157530
Time
Date	199009
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : dfw airport : den
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	157530
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Maintenance altered the entry of another (ord) maintenance action described in our aircraft maintenance log book. The intent was good to accurately tell which INS was determined inoperative 2 days ago, but I think making a separate log entry referring to explain the old log entry would be a better way than simply adding new information to the old page.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LOG BOOK ALTERATION AFTER THE FACT.

Narrative: MAINT ALTERED THE ENTRY OF ANOTHER (ORD) MAINT ACTION DESCRIBED IN OUR ACFT MAINT LOG BOOK. THE INTENT WAS GOOD TO ACCURATELY TELL WHICH INS WAS DETERMINED INOP 2 DAYS AGO, BUT I THINK MAKING A SEPARATE LOG ENTRY REFERRING TO EXPLAIN THE OLD LOG ENTRY WOULD BE A BETTER WAY THAN SIMPLY ADDING NEW INFO TO THE OLD PAGE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.